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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 73
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- The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in 2006 and entered into force in 2008. The preamble acknowledges that disability is an evolving concept, and that the full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others is negatively impacted by the interaction between persons with impairments and the attitudinal and environmental barriers that exist. The Convention is more progressive than the Standard Rules in its purpose to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. It also reflects the "nothing about us without us" principle of inclusion of persons with disabilities.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
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- 2012
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 47
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- Women who are lacking social and cultural capital, due to their minority or immigration status, language barriers, religious or ethnic affiliation, sexual orientation and/or gender identity or educational attainment, are also at greater risk of long-term health consequences. They may be denied proper health or medical services, they may fear the consequences of asking for medical assistance, they may receive improper or low quality care, or they may live in places where no health services are available. Women who suffer from cognitive and/or physical disabilities are further negatively impacted since the stigma of disability is persistent in most countries, and they therefore may not be viewed as requiring care, or may live in places where no specialized care is available.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2011
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 52
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- Women with disabilities in prison also face discrimination upon their assignment to a particular facility, due to misclassification of their risk level. In the Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs, UNODC also noted that, owing to the limited accommodation available for them, female prisoners in a number of countries are housed in security levels not justified by their risk assessment undertaken upon admission. This is exemplified in cases where a prisoner who would normally be placed in an open facility can instead be sent to secure custody, should a member of the medical, psychological or psychiatric staff decide that the medical and support services required are unavailable in open custody.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 39
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- Women in institutions who need support services are usually more vulnerable. Vulnerability, both in institutions and in community settings, can range from the risk of isolation, boredom and lack of stimulation, to the risk of physical and sexual abuse. Evidence suggests that people with disabilities are at higher risk of abuse for various reasons, including dependence on a large number of caregivers and also because of barriers to communication. One study found that the majority (68 per cent) of psychiatric outpatients in a hospital had experienced major physical and/or sexual assaults therein, a higher frequency than in the general population.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 12
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- Women with disabilities make up a significant part of the world's population. According to the 2011 World Report on Disability of the World Health Organization and World Bank, it is estimated that approximately 15 per cent of the world's population lives with some form of disability. The disability level threshold indicates that the male disability prevalence rate is 12 and the female 19.2. Based on such figures, it is clear that women with disabilities constitute a significant portion of the global population. Despite the evolution of normative frameworks concerning both the human rights of women and of persons with disabilities, the impact of the combined effects of both gender and disability have not gained sufficient attention, and violence against women with disabilities remains largely unaddressed.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 87
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- The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) has broad provisions that provide for equality of all, including women. Article 18 of the Banjul Charter addresses States obligations to eliminate discrimination and to ensure the protection of rights of women and girls. Article 28 places a duty on individuals to respect others without discrimination. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa was adopted in 2003 and entered into force in 2005. Article 23 specifically protects women with disabilities, provides them the right to freedom from violence and discrimination and imposes a duty on the State, inter alia, to treat women with disabilities with dignity.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 44
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- Violence against women is too often discussed in a theoretical vacuum that focuses only on interpersonal and structural inequalities between men and women, thereby excluding analysis on intra-gender inequalities. It is important to recognize the obstacles faced by women who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, for example women with disabilities, women who belong to ethnic or cultural minorities, women who live in poverty, women who live in rural areas, women who lack citizenship status and older women, among others. This increases the risk that some women will experience targeted, compounded or structural discrimination, in addition to gender-based violence (A/HRC/17/26, para. 17).
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2014
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 89
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- In 2007, the European Parliament adopted resolution 2006/2277(INI), on the human rights of disabled people. The Council of Europe has not adopted any specific human rights instruments on disabled persons, but the European Social Charter explicitly mentions disabled persons as bearers of human rights. The concept of human rights and disability as contained has been revised. Article 15, as revised, was adopted in 1996 and ensures the right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration and participation in the life of the community.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 49
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- Fear of unjustified termination of parental rights may cause women with disabilities to remain in abusive relationships. The denial of legal capacity, which includes restrictions on the right of women with disabilities to testify in the courts, the failures of the justice system to respond to the abuse of women and girls with disabilities, and/or the inability to see them as credible witnesses, perpetuates and reinforces abuse. Thus, eliminating such discriminatory practices is essential to addressing violence against women with disabilities.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 27
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- Lesbians and other sexual minorities who identify as female and who have disabilities confront social barriers, isolation, exclusion and violence due to both sexual minority status and disability. Lesbians with psychosocial disabilities have been largely excluded or overlooked in research and treatment, despite their usage of mental health-care and other psychosocial services. They sometimes experience a "cultural contradiction" imposed by society since lesbianism is viewed as a sexual identity, while women with disabilities are often stereotyped as asexual.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- LGBTQI+
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 79
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- Article 15 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, requires that States parties take effective measures to prevent persons with disabilities from being subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular with regard to being subjected to medical or scientific experimentation without free consent. The Committee against Torture has acknowledged that certain acts against persons with disabilities, such as imprisoning or detaining them, would constitute torture or ill-treatment.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 98f
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends the following measures:] States should ensure that the justice sector is responsive to and supportive of women with disabilities who report cases of violence; should support innovative justice services, including one-stop shops, legal aid and specialized courts, in order to ensure substantive and procedural access to justice; and should involve women with disabilities in shaping and restructuring the legal system;
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 17
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- An analysis of violence against women with disabilities must be informed by, and reflective of, a social model understanding of disability, in keeping with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The preamble and article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities introduce the social model of disability by describing disability as a condition arising from interaction with various barriers that may hinder disabled peoples' full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. Such a perspective does not deny the reality of impairment or its impact on an individual. It does, however, challenge the physical and social environments and the legal frameworks that have a negative impact on persons with disabilities.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 28
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- Societal beliefs that claim that one group of people is superior to another group can be a form of structural violence. Beliefs that perpetuate the notion that males are superior to females, that whites are superior to blacks, that persons without physical or mental impairment are superior to those with disabilities, that one language is superior to another, and that one class position is entitled to rights denied to another, are all factors contributing to structural violence that have become institutionalized forms of multiple and intersecting discrimination in many countries. For example, women with disabilities face an intersecting confluence of violence which reflects both gender-based and disability-based violence.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2011
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 72
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- The International Year of Disabled Persons, adopted in 1981 (General Assembly resolution 36/77), the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (Assembly resolution 37/52) and the Decade of Disabled Persons 1983-1992 (Assembly resolution 37/53), influenced and shaped the adoption of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Assembly resolution 48/96). The Standard Rules provide a basis for technical and economic cooperation among States, the United Nations and other international organizations. They note the existence of obstacles to rights realization; the responsibility of States to take action to remove such obstacles; and the role of persons with disabilities and their organizations in the removal of barriers. They also acknowledge that the population of persons with disabilities is diverse, thus implicitly acknowledging groups such as women with disabilities and their experiences of multiple forms of discrimination.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 29
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- The 2009 World Health Organization (WHO) guidance note on promoting sexual and reproductive health for persons with disabilities highlighted the fact that women with disabilities are considered in some societies to be less eligible marriage partners and may therefore find themselves in unstable relationships. Additionally, if such unstable relationships become abusive, women with disabilities have fewer legal, social and economic options and may be further discriminated against. For example, in the event of child custody disputes, courts may use the discriminatory stereotype that the non-disabled partner must be a more competent parent, when awarding custody.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 36
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- Women with disabilities are often treated as if they have no control, or should have no control, over their sexual and reproductive choices. They may be forcibly sterilized or forced to terminate wanted pregnancies - under the paternalistic guise of "for their own good". This is done sometimes with the sanction of partners, parents, institutions or guardians. There is a long history of socially and even legally sanctioned forced and non-consensual sterilization of women with disabilities. Despite legal prohibitions in some countries, involuntary sterilization is used to restrict the fertility of some persons with disabilities, particularly those with intellectual disabilities. Sterilization also has been used as a technique for menstrual management.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 43
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- Paternalistic attitudes towards persons with disabilities may also prevent full and fair access to the witness stand. Various players in the judicial system may view women with disabilities as too fragile to withstand the rigors of examination by attorneys or judges, leading to their exclusion. Such exclusion has the effect of placing them at even greater risk since perpetrators may target women with disabilities because they know that complaints may be taken less seriously. Moreover, women with disabilities whose complaints have been dismissed are less likely to come forward again to report abuse.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 55
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- A compilation of British studies found that 20 to 30 per cent of offenders had learning disabilities or difficulties that interfered with their ability to cope within the criminal justice system and that the female prison population was five times more likely to have a mental health disability than the general population. Another study found that as many as 80 per cent of female detainees had at least one psychiatric disability. Furthermore, such individuals are increasingly housed in prisons rather than psychiatric facilities. Those with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities face threats of inadequate care and mistreatment, in addition to the risks of self-harm and the deterioration of psychological or emotional well-being owing to the nature of incarceration, according to the UNODC Handbook. Closure of psychiatric institutions in some countries has led to a marked increase in the criminalization of women with disabilities.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 44
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- The institutions, the physical structures and legal proceedings may place substantial barriers to accessibility and participation of witnesses with disabilities. There is evidence that language used in the courtroom, in particular during the cross-examination process, can be distressing and confusing to some witnesses with a cognitive or learning disability. Cross-examinations may involve trick questions, hypothetical questioning, and "leading and lengthy" questions with double negative phrasing, which are often confusing to people with and without a cognitive disability. Furthermore, owing to the mode of questioning, people with intellectual disabilities may give the answers that they think will satisfy the interrogator. It has been suggested that judges should more actively intervene in proceedings to encourage clearer communication and that support services should be offered to witnesses with a cognitive disability to ensure that they can navigate the trial process.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 56
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- The incarceration of persons with disabilities without necessary services or accommodations, irrespective of any abusive intent, has been deemed illegal and degrading treatment, as well as a potential violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In Price v. United Kingdom, 2001, the European Court of Human Rights found that incarceration without necessary accommodations constitutes ill-treatment. When combined with pervasive discrimination, the poor living conditions and violence already present, the risks of incarceration are magnified for those women who have a disability.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 20
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- Women with disabilities experience both the stereotypical attitudes towards women and towards persons with disabilities. Both the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognize the role of stereotypes in the denial of human rights towards women with disabilities. The impact of stereotypical views of women with disabilities includes rolelessness, the absence of sanctioned social roles and/or institutional means to achieve these roles and can cultivate a psychological sense of invisibility, self-estrangement, and/or powerlessness.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 25
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- Women with disabilities in conflict or post-conflict regions may be at additional risk of violence as members of a targeted race/ethnic, religious or linguistic group and may have greater difficulty in accessing services in the conflict environment. Women with disabilities face additional burdens in refugee camps because the facilities are rarely accessible or designed to meet their specific needs. Serious problems with the physical layout and infrastructure of refugee camps have been noted by some organizations. Such problems mean that services, including toilets, shelters and health facilities will not be accessible to people with disabilities and that no special accommodations are made to ensure accessibility to the food and supplies they need on a daily basis. In addition, because camps and facilities are generally inaccessible, most persons with disabilities are forced to remain in them. Furthermore, justice and post-conflict reconciliation activities generally do not include women with disabilities, nor are such programmes made accessible or inclusive.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 98i
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends the following measures:] Women with disabilities should be allowed the opportunity and provided with the necessary accommodations to enable them to participate fully in forums discussing the empowerment of women and gender equality. Collaboration within women's rights groups and disabled peoples organizations and with other stakeholders involved in activities to combat violence against women should be enhanced with a view towards including women with disabilities in related dialogue, strategy and institution-building processes;
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 93
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- In 1999, the Organization of American States adopted the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities. It is the only human rights treaty that defines the term disability and the phrase "discrimination against persons with disabilities". Its goals include full integration of and the furthering of justice for the disabled through legislation, social initiatives and education for the disabled and for others regarding acceptance of persons with disabilities. Furthermore, it calls on States to work on a priority basis, including on prevention of all forms of preventable disabilities and early detection and intervention, treatment and rehabilitation for persons with disabilities.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 60
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- The holistic approach to women's rights, by situating violence against women on a continuum from the home to the transnational sphere, has been further developed by the Special Rapporteur in her reports to the General Assembly, such as her 2011 report (A/66/215). In that report, she recommended that States engage in transformative remedies to confront the root causes of violence against women, in order to achieve individual, institutional and structural change. In her 2012 and 2013 reports to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur dealt with two issues that had not been specifically addressed in previous thematic reports, namely, violence against women with disabilities and violence with respect to the incarceration of women. Both reports provide a clear illustration of how violence against women intersects with other factors, including different forms of inequality and identity status, such as poverty, health, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion and language.
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- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2014
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 19
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- The "gender-mainstreaming, disability-inclusive" approach draws upon a feminist-disability discourse that seeks to challenge dominant assumptions about living with a disability, and it situates the disability experience in the context of rights and exclusions. It also questions the assumption that disability is a flaw or a deficiency. To do so, it defines disability broadly from a social rather than a medical perspective. Disability, it is argued, is a cultural interpretation of human variation rather than an inherent inferiority, pathology to cure, or an undesirable trait to eliminate.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 77
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- Two crucial aspects of human rights, legal capacity and access to justice, are incorporated in both Conventions, largely drawing on the principles of autonomy or self-determination. In the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, articles 12 and 13 address those issues, and in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women article 15 addresses equality before the law. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities incorporates both concepts of capacity to be a person before the law and legal capacity to act.
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- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 67
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- Women with disabilities have fewer career opportunities owing to employer unwillingness to provide relevant accommodations; they receive lower pay; and they may be forced to take less prestigious career paths in order to be able to obtain employment. Women with disabilities who have experienced violence are at increased risk of unemployment since the abuser may harass or intimidate them in the workplace, harass other employees or prevent them from going to work at all, as a mechanism of control that can result in loss of employment.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 48
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- Also, women with disabilities may experience greater regulation and prejudice by social service agencies. Thus the child's "best interests" may be seen as primary to, and at odds with, the maternal rights of women with disabilities. According to the Guide for Creating Legislative Change, women with a psychosocial, developmental or intellectual disability may be at particular risk of greater regulation and termination of parental rights.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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